It's publication day for THE DIVORCE COLONY!. I kind of can't believe it's finally out in the world. If you see it on the shelf at your favorite bookstore or library—or maybe even in you mailbox—send pictures!

This was a fun one to report. These unedited tapes (available online!) capture glimpses of our superstars as, well, just people.

Look what just arrived! Happy pub day, @brooklynzydeco. I can't wait to meet Glory Broussard in these pages

Find out why Lincoln's bowtie was always crooked, where pink diamonds come from, and how a tank museum became a social media sensation in my regular Atlas Obscura column "Wonder is Everywhere"

Your biweekly dose of the weird and wonderful: @mlevenson on an odd "bee emergency," @SteelandBallast on the "curious case of the clown wedgefish," and @johngmarks on renegade historical markers. Plus: the gnome burglars of North Wales. Wonder is Everywhere on Atlas Obscura-->.

This week in wonder: @judeisabella on Alaska’s “republic of cows,” Abdelhakim Abu Riash on the women saving Gaza’s history and @Alexandra_Eaton on finding Bélizaire, an enslaved boy whose portrait is now on display in New York. More on Atlas Obscura:

Explore the world's last internet cafes with @restofworld, cheer for baseball's rise in Bhutan with @michaelsclair and decipher the wild water tank sculptures of Indian with @fastcompany. Plus: A mysterious totem pole in England. Wonder is everywhere:

This week in wonder: the ever-longer Appalachian Trail by @lizziejohnsonnn &.@tierneyl, the spider-wrestling matches of the Philippines by @gideonlasco and the effort to move Newtok, Alaska, by @EmilySchwing. More of the most amazing stories on the web:

RT @book_bungalow: Our Influential Women Book Club members are getting the September pick now! We're reading THE DIVORCE COLONY from @AprWh….

Thanks to @Frontiers_Women and Cassandra Crisman for this thoughtful review: "The Divorce Colony is an insightful addition to the historical conversation about marriage and nation-building in the United States.".

RT @GavinWoltjer: Looking forward to reading this article by @AprWhite in @SmithsonianMag. After I read it, I’ll track down THE DIVORCE COL….

What you should be reading right now (according to me): @JennieGritz on never-seen-before images of Oppenheimer’s Los Alamos, @adamakary on cultural devastation in Sudan, @ksteenbeeke on the sinister history of the cliff chirping frog and more

Wonder is everywhere: carrier pigeons in the air over eastern India (by @SunilKataria), art on the road from Ukraine to France (by @bendodman) and alien meteor fragments deep underwater near Papua New Guinea (by @ZariaGorvett)

What I'm reading this week: @lizlandau on the world's coolest library, @BoothWilliam on a reconstructing a medieval ship, @ZariaGorvett on the new Tornado Alley and @daily_cowboy on, yes, "Pedro, the Wyoming Pygmy Mummy"

Check out my new column for Atlas Obscura: WONDER IS EVERYWHERE, a round up of the most surprising and awe-inspiring stories Atlas *hasn’t* covered. Up now: Must-read tales from @Kath_La, @NoreenMalone and @gardenandgun plus the saga of the “Richmond Rat Boy.”.

I couldn’t resist—after a couple of great years as an editor at Atlas Obscura, I’m headed back to the sweet, sweet freelance life. Watch this space for more on my upcoming adventures, including Atlas Obscura articles, a DC history podcast, and a new book idea….

Fun fact: You should be eating Caesar salad with your fingers. (Also, writing for Gastro Obscura is ridiculously fun.)

So thrilled to be a @HumanitiesDC and @dcoralhistories "Beyond the Archives" grantee. Watch this space for more on my upcoming DC history podcast mini-series.

"Lemonade artist" may be the best title I've ever been bestowed. Thanks to my Gastro Obscura colleagues for the excuse to geek out about my favorite recipes from around the world and through the centuries.

RT @councilofdc: The Case of DC’s Missing Liberty Bell: @washingtonian’s covers our search for DC’s 1950 replica Bell, which vanished in 19….